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ARCHIVE PROGRAMMES

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Programme 1963

Fanfare

"Fanfare for a dignified occasion"

The Royal Highland Fusiliers         Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Royal Army Medical Corps
 

Massed Pipes and Drums

1st Bn. Irish Guards
1st Bn. The Royal Scots
1st Bn. The Royal Highland Fusiliers
1st Bn. The Cameronians
1st Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Edinburgh University Officers' Training Corps

Officer in Charge - Lt J D B Younger, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Music - Bugle Horn, Dear old Donegal, Far o'er Struie, Caller Herring,
A Man's a Man for a' that, Miss Drummond of Perth, Sandy Duff, Leaving Port Askaig,
Doctor Ross' 50th welcome to the Argyllshire Gathering
 

Corps of Drums

A Musical Display by the British Legion Boys' Band & Corps of Drums from Romford.

Officer in Charge - Bandmaster P F Richardson
 

Highland Dancing

An exhibtion of Highland Dancing by teams from:-
Depot Royal Scots/King's Own Scottish Borderers
Depot Royal Highland Fusiliers/Cameronians
Depot Black Watch/Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Depot Queen's Own Highlanders/Gordon Highlanders
Junior Soldiers of the Lowland and Highland Brigades

In charge - Lieutenant A E F Cowan, Royal Scots

Music - 10th HLI Crossing the Rhine, Because he was a bonny lad,
High Road to Linton, Reel o'Tulloch, Rab's Wedding
 

Fire Fighting

A fire fighting demonstration by units of the South Eastern Fire Brigade from Edinburgh

Station Officers in Charge - George Boyle & William Graham

Music - I don't want to set the World on Fire
 

Royal Jordan Arab Army

A Musical Display by the Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Jordan Arab Army from Amman, under the direction of Captain Saleh Baghdadi, Director of Music.

In charge - Lieutenant Colonel Ziwa Ishaqat
 

The Massed Bands

The Royal Highland Fusiliers
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
The Royal Army Medical Corps
Buglers 1st Bn. 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles

Music - On the Square, Mountains of Mourne, My wild colonial boy,
Eileen Allanah, Marching with Scotland, Danny Boy, French Horn Gallop,
Machanised Infantry
 

The Gurkhas

The first part of the item depicts how the Gurkha Rifles copr with terrorists in modern jungle warfare.

The second part shows the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Bn. 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, together with their Buglers.

Officer in charge - Major J B B Clee
 

The Royal Army Medical Corps

A Display by teams from the Depot and Training Establishment, RAMC, Aldershot.

Officer in Charge - Lieutenant J T Forbes

Music - Here's a Health unto Her Majesty
 

Grand Finale

THE SUNSET CALL

THE LAST POST

Music - Cam ye by Atholl, Atholl Highlanders, Blue Bonnets o'er the Border,
The Garb of Old Gaul, March of Victory, Abide with Me, Sunset,
The Last Post, Sleep Dearie Sleep

THE JORDAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Scotland the Brave         The Black Bear
 

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